"T. S." to E. J. Seifert, 16 Jul 1905
Date: 09/19/2008
Unclear who "T. S." is. I don't think it was Ed's wife Mathilde (Tillie) Seifert, though that could be possible. Whoever it was sounds rather disgruntled!

To William Cronau, 25 May 1908
Date: 09/19/2008
To William Cronau (abt 1866-?) from a cousin of his. William was married to Elizabeth Mann (1874-?), a great-aunt of mine.

Date: 09/19/2008

Anna Korn to Tillie Seifert, 20 Aug 1908
Date: 09/19/2008
This card makes me smile. Anna, the spinster sister, was in Milwaukee visiting Emma, my grandmother. She wrote to Tillie, the other married sister, asking her to come out and visit too. Tillie should bring her husband along only if she didn't want to leave him alone, but should definitely bring some eggs.

Date: 09/19/2008

Emma Sonnemann to Tillie Seifert, 2 Sep 1908
Date: 09/19/2008
Emma Sonnemann looks like the right "E. S.", seeing that the card is from Milwaukee and mentions "Will", which fits Emma's husband William Sonnemann. However, William's father had died in Jan 1908, so the reference to "Will's folks" seems off. Perhaps it could have referred to his mother and other family.

Possibly to Ed Seifert from his mother
Date: 09/19/2008
Elsewhere in the collection there is another card with similar writing and more clues that it is to Edmund John Seifert (1867-1957) from his mother Louise Jaecke Seifert Krause (abt 1845-?).

Elizabeth Biever and Olive Kometter to Ruth Sonnemann, 19 Dec 1924
Date: 09/19/2008
From Meta Auguste Elizabeth Buending Biever (1872-?) and Olive E. Kometter (1896-1987) to Ruth Anna Sonnemann Mann (1918-2004) and her parents. Elizabeth was widowed at this time and her niece Olive was living with her.

Date: 09/19/2008

Edna Barkow (?) to Ruth Sonnemann (age 7), 1 Aug 1925
Date: 09/19/2008
Could be Edna Wilhelmina Barkow (1906-1987, married Frank Lipsky in 1933). She had an uncle and aunt living in Cambria or Lockport at the time, so she could have been visiting them as well as seeing Niagara Falls. This Edna was Ruth's second cousin.

Alvina Barkow to Emma Sonnemann, 26 Feb 1935
Date: 09/19/2008
From Alvina (nee Rose) Barkow (1880-1946) to Emma Bertha Louise Korn Sonnemann. Alvina was not a relative as far as I know, but her husband's two older brothers were married to cousins of Emma's husband.

Date: 09/19/2008

"Ida" to Emma Sonnemann
Date: 09/19/2008
Most likely Ida Zimdars, a friend of the family.

Walli Frohnecke to Ruth Sonnemann, 4 Aug 1936
Date: 09/19/2008
Walli Frohnecke was apparently a German friend or pen-pal of my mother's (Ruth Anna Sonnemann Mann 1918-2004). My mother's birthday book lists Walli's birthdate as 26 Sep 1913. This card was sent from Berlin during the famous 1936 Summer Olympics that were held there and mentions them, though I haven't yet been able to decipher all of the handwriting.

Elizabeth Biever and Olive Kometter to William and Emma Sonnemann, Aug 1937
Date: 09/19/2008
From Meta Auguste Elizabeth Buending Biever (1872-?) and Olive E. Kometter (1896-1987). Elizabeth was widowed at this time and her niece Olive was living with her.

Nora Sonnemann to Emma Sonnemann, 12 Oct 1937
Date: 09/19/2008
From Nora Regina Steinacker Sonnemann (1887-1979) to Emma Bertha Louise Korn Sonnemann (1878-1963). I don't know who "Elinor" was. "Lu" would have been Nora's daughter Lucile Sonnemann Kaddatz (1913-1981). I think "Teddy" was more likely Nora's son Theodore W. Sonnemann (1916-1996), who I always heard called "Teddy" even when he was elderly, not her husband Theodore E. Sonnemann (1884-1941).

Bethany Lutheran Church
Date: 09/19/2008
This was my mother's church before she and my father were married. Afterward they attended Jerusalem Lutheran Church on Holton St.

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Alvina Barkow to Emma Sonnemann, 31 Jan 1938
Date: 09/19/2008
From Alvina (nee Rose) Barkow (1880-1946) to Emma Bertha Louise Korn Sonnemann. Alvina was not a relative as far as I know, but her husband's two older brothers were married to cousins of Emma's husband.

Date: 09/19/2008

George Zimdars to William and Emma Sonnemann, 25 Jul 1938
Date: 09/19/2008
This trip may have been the one where family friend George Zimdars met his future wife Marie.

Date: 09/19/2008

"Ida" to Emma and William Sonnemann, 28 Jul 1938
Date: 09/19/2008
Most likely Ida Zimdars, a family friend.

William Barkow to William and Emma Sonnemann, 14 Jun 1940
Date: 09/19/2008
William F. Barkow (1873-1947) to William and Emma Sonnemann. William Barkow's late wife Ida Meschke (1873-1928) was William Sonnemann's first cousin.

Date: 09/19/2008

Gretchen Mann to Emma Sonnemann, 22 Jul 1940
Date: 09/19/2008
A card from one of my grandmothers to the other: from Margaretha Sophia Boerensen Mann (1881-1963) to Emma Bertha Louise Korn Sonnemann (1878-1963). Judging from the postmark, Gretchen must have been visiting her sister Dora. Judging from the address, Emma had been "out home" visiting her mother and Gretchen sent the card there.

Date: 09/19/2008

George Zimdars to Roland and Ruth Mann, 20 Sep 1944
Date: 09/19/2008
From family friend George Zimdars.

Date: 09/19/2008

"Manda" to William and Emma Sonnemann, Nov 1946
Date: 09/19/2008
She writes "Dear Friends," so she probably was not a relative.

Date: 09/19/2008

"Manda" to Emma Sonnemann, Nov 1946
Date: 09/19/2008
Manda wrote quite a few cards to Emma from different parts of the country, but I don't know who she was. None of the Amandas that I have in our family tree seem to fit, so I'm guessing she was a friend, not a relative.

"Elizabeth" to William and Emma Sonnemann, 27 Aug 195?
Date: 09/19/2008
Addressed to William Henry Sonnemann and Emma Bertha Louise Korn Sonnemann, from "Elizabeth". I don't have a good guess as to which Elizabeth this was.

Date: 09/19/2008

Emma and William Sonnemann to Ruth and Roland Mann, 18 Mar 1950
Date: 09/19/2008
"Manda" is mentioned, along with "Ro", but I still don't know who she was.

Date: 09/19/2008

William and Emma Sonnemann to Roland and Ruth Mann, 27 Jul 1950
Date: 09/19/2008
The "Lucile" mentioned in the card would be Lucile E. Sonnemann Kaddatz (1913-1981). Pelican Lake was a favorite spot for the Sonnemann families to visit.

Date: 09/19/2008

Boss and Hattie Yerges to William and Emma Sonnemann, 17 Jul 1951
Date: 09/19/2008
From Edwin Robert "Boss" Yerges (1891-1970) and Hattie Steindorf Yerges (1894-1999). Edwin's grandmother was a Sonnemann. Hattie must have written the card. She had a sister named Lena.

Date: 09/19/2008

Ruth Mann to William and Emma Sonnemann, 19 Nov 1951
Date: 09/19/2008
Ruth Anna Sonnemann Mann (1918-2004) to her parents William and Emma. I think they were staying at her house to help with the kids, while she was on vacation in Florida with her cousin Anita Krueger.

Mt. Washington Auto Road map
Date: 09/19/2008
My parents and I drove up Mt. Washington when I was little and brought back this souvenir map.

Mt. Washington Auto Road map
Date: 09/19/2008

Placeholder
Date: 09/22/2008
I seem to have missed scanning the front of this card.

Anita Krueger to Roland and Ruth Mann, 1967
Date: 09/19/2008
From Anita Emma Krueger (1904-1988). The postcard date is nearly illegible, but must have been after 1965 when the Mann family moved to 78th Court. I seem to have missed scanning the front of this card.

Quechee Gorge
Date: 09/19/2008
My parents and I hiked through this gorge when I was a child. We got off the trail somehow and ended up bushwacking our way up a steep slope to get out.

Quechee Gorge
Date: 09/19/2008

Date: 09/19/2008

Ella Keuck to Roland and Ruth Mann, 12 Oct 1967
Date: 09/19/2008
I think this was from Ella F. Weber Keuck (1888-?) to Roland Charles Mann (1910-1986) and Ruth Anna Sonnemann Mann (1918-2004). If so, the Louise mentioned would have been Ella's daughter Louise Fredericka Keuck (1917-2006), though 1967 seems late for Louise to have been thinking about getting married.

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